Associations to the word «Grovel»

Wiktionary

GROVEL, verb. To be prone on the ground.
GROVEL, verb. To crawl
GROVEL, verb. To abase oneself before another person.
GROVEL, verb. To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
GROVEL, verb. To take pleasure in mundane activities.

Dictionary definition

GROVEL, verb. Show submission or fear.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope